Also: Bombardier Contract, Embraer E-Jet Freighter, 122nd Fighter Wing, Virgin Orbit Launch Window

Justin Falls, a full-time pharmacist is converting and customizing a Zenith STOL CH-750 to hand controls. Justin intends to purchase the customized CH 750, and plans to share his airplane with fellow pilots. Incidentally, Justin is a quadriplegic, a pilot, and by all accounts, a darned good one. Recently, Justin did some flying with fellow-pilot and eminently able paraplegic John Robinson. The occasion may well have marked history’s first instance of what Justin called, “ … a quadriplegic pilot and a paraplegic pilot get out of their wh

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Archer Aviation, the San Jose, CA-based designer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, reports flight-tests of its Maker demonstrator aircraft are proceeding apace. Most recently, the test program saw the first use of the company’s Tilt Propeller System (TPS), which actively controls Maker in hover. The system, which facilitates transition from hover to wing-borne flight, comprises a series of independent actuators, sensors, and software that articulates the vehicle’s forward six propellers relative its single, high-mounted wing

I’m the Drone-In-the-Box …

Founded in Israel in 2014, Percepto is a leading provider of autonomous, drone-in-a-box systems. The company’s AI augmented, cloud-based operating system—which it calls AIM  (Autonomous Inspection and Monitoring)—is a field-proven software that employs drones and robots to automate inspections of industrial facilities and infrastructural installations.

Also: HAV Airlander Airships, Skystar-330 Aerostat, Psyche Asteroid Mission, BMFA Centennial

Archer Aviation, the San Jose, CA-based designer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, reports flight-tests of its Maker demonstrator aircraft are proceeding apace. Most recently, the test program saw the first use of the company’s Tilt Propeller System (TPS), which actively controls Maker in hover. The system, which facilitates transition from hover to wing-borne flight, comprises a series of independent actuators, sensors, and software that articulates the vehicle’s forward six propellers relative its single, high-mounted wing

Also: Bombardier Contract, Embraer E-Jet Freighter, 122nd Fighter Wing, Virgin Orbit Launch Window

Justin Falls, a full-time pharmacist is converting and customizing a Zenith STOL CH-750 to hand controls. Justin intends to purchase the customized CH 750, and plans to share his airplane with fellow pilots. Incidentally, Justin is a quadriplegic, a pilot, and by all accounts, a darned good one. Recently, Justin did some flying with fellow-pilot and eminently able paraplegic John Robinson. The occasion may well have marked history’s first instance of what Justin called, “ … a quadriplegic pilot and a paraplegic pilot get out of their wh

Aero Linx: The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA   The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) is the flight attendant union organized by flight attendants for flight attendants.  AFA represents&n

Intermediate Landing   On the rare occasion that this option is requested, it should be approved. The departure center, however, must advise the ATCSCC so that the appropriate delay is carried over and assigned at the intermediate airport. An intermediate landing airport within the arrival center will not be accepted without coordination with and the approval of the ATCSCC.

“I think that advanced air mobility and unmanned aerial systems will be a defining aspect of the 21st century, but before that can happen, a great deal of time and effort must be put into making sure that when the first aircraft start to fly, people won’t get hurt. For this project, we are fundamentally focused on maximizing safety, and there’s no greater job than that.”   Source: Aerospace engineer and Embry-Riddle graduate Nathan Schaff in comments made as researchers at Embry-Riddle, the private aeronautical university with campuses in Vero Beach, Florida and Prescott, Arizona—have received a $371,000 grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to study the inflight, air-traffic detect